WP unveils line-up of office bearers in central exco

Several first-term Workers' Party (WP) Members of Parliament are now office bearers in its top decision-making body, even as the party's main leadership remains unchanged.

In a statement issued last night announcing the line-up of its Central Executive Council, the WP named Mr Chen Show Mao as its new treasurer. Mr Pritam Singh and Ms Lee Li Lian were also named as new organising secretaries.

Mr Chen and Mr Singh, who are Aljunied GRC MPs, were previously council members, while Ms Lee, the Punggol East MP, was the the party's deputy webmaster.

The trio were among 14 WP members elected to the Central Executive Council on July 24 for a two-year term.

That election last month also saw two new faces voted into the council: former council member John Yam, who was not re-elected in 2012; and newcomer L. Somasundaram, a polytechnic lecturer who contested as part of the WP's team in Moulmein-Kallang GRC in the 2011 General Election.

The WP did not disclose its line-up of new office holders after the July 24 council election, but its statement last night said the new council held its first meeting yesterday.